October 14 Born –
Allan Jones (1907) – actor/singer ("Donkey Serenade"), father of Jack Jones.
Bill Justis (1926) – singer/songwriter ("Raunchy").
Robert Parker (1930) – singer/saxophonist (Barefootin’”).
Melba Montgomery (1938) – Country singer with George Jones (“No Charge”).
Cliff Richard (aka Harry Webb, 1940) – British singer.
Ivory Tilmon (1941) – The Detroit Emeralds (“Feel The Need In Me”).
Billy Harrison (1942) – singer/guitarist for Them.
Colin Hodgkinson (1945) – British jazz/blues bassist, Back Door.
Dan McCafferty (1946) – vocalist for Nazareth.
Justin Hayward (1946) – The Moody Blues.
Norman Harris (1947) – songwriter/guitarist/producer, MFSB.
Marcia Barrett (1948) – Jamaican singer for Boney M.
Chris Amoo (1952) – The Real Thing.
Thomas Dolby (aka Tom Robertson, 1958) – singer/songwriter/keyboardist.
Anthony Jude “A.J.” Pero (1959) – drummer for Twisted Sister.
Antimo Rivetti (1959) – manager of Curiosity Killed The Cat.
Karyn White (1965) – R&B singer.
Natalie Maines Pasdar (1974) – The Dixie Chicks.
Shaznay Lewis (aka Tricia Marie Lewis, 1975) – British singer/songwriter,
All Saints.
Usher Raymond (1978) – R&B artist.
October 14 R.I.P. –
Bing Crosby (1977) – heart attack on a golf course. Age 74.
Leonard Bernstein (1990) – pneumonia. Age 72. Composer/conductor.
Frankie Yankovic (1998) – heart failure. Age 83. Accordionist, "America's
Polka King."
Freddy Fender (2006) – lung cancer. Age 69.
Chuck Ruff (2011) – Age 60. Drummer for The Edgar Winter Group (“Free
Ride”).
B.B. Cunningham (2012) – shot to death. Age 70. Keyboardist for Ronny & The
Daytonas.
October 14 album releases –
Tyrannosaurus Rex – Prophets, Seers & Sages: The Angels Of The Ages (1968)
Elvis Presley – From Memphis To Vegas/From Vegas To Memphis (1969)
Jethro Tull – War Child (1974) U.S.
David Bowie – “Heroes” (1977)
KISS – Alive II (1977)
Ultravox – Ha! Ha! Ha! (1977)
Earth, Wind & Fire – Faces (1980)
Prince – Controversy (1981)
Zapp – Zapp II (1982)
Cyndi Lauper – She’s So Unusual (1983)
The Jam – Snap! (1983)
INXS – Listen Like Thieves (1985)
Iron Maiden – Live After Death (1985)
Depeche Mode – The Singles 81>85 (1985)
Wang Chung – Mosaic (1986)
Frank Zappa – Broadway The Hard Way (1988)
Belinda Carlisle – Live Your Life Be Free (1991)
Mariah Carey – Emotions (1991) UK
Robert Plant and Jimmy Page – No Quarter (1994)
Counting Crows – Recovering The Satellites (1996)
Donovan – Sutras (1996)
Green Day – Nimrod (1997)
Duran Duran – Medazzaland (1997)
The Libertines – Up The Bracket (2002)
ZZ Top – Chrome, Smoke & BBQ (2003) (box set)
Mariah Carey – The Remixes (2003)
Charlie Daniels – Uneasy Rider (2008) (CD re-release)
Scorpions – Live 2011: Get Your Sting & Blackout (2011)
October 14 events –
1930 – George and Ira Gershwin’s Broadway play Crazy Girl opens at the
Alvin Theatre, and makes Ethel Merman an overnight sensation with her
rendition of "I Got Rhythm."
1938 – Bob Crosby and The Bob Cats record “Big Noise From Winnetka” in
Chicago.
1955 – Bill Haley and His Comets perform at the Fair Park Auditorium in
Lubbock, Texas, with the opening act of Bob Montgomery, Buddy Holley and
bassist Larry Welborn. Marty Robins’ manager Eddie
Crandall<http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Eddie_Crandall&action=edit&redlink=1>
is
impressed and speaks to KDAV radio station owner Pappy Dave Stone and tells
him he is interested in Holley as a solo performer.
1957 – Elvis Presley releases his single, “Jailhouse Rock” b/w “Treat Me
Nice.”
1957 – The Four Coins appear on American Bandstand.
1959 – Connie Francis records “Among My Souvenirs” in New York City.
1959 – Charlie Rich records “Lonely Weekends” at Sun Studio in Memphis.
1964 – Rolling Stone Charlie Watts marries Shirley Ann Shepherd. They’re
still married.
1964 – The Everly Brothers, Adam Faith, The Hondells, Manfred Mann, Roy
Orbison, Elkie Brooks and Bobby Sherman all appear on Shindig!
1965 – The Animals, Millie Small, Marianne Faithfull, Willie Nelson, Jim
Weatherly, The M.F.Q., Donna Loren and Billy Preston all appear on Shindig!
Zsa Zsa Gabor is the show’s host.
1965 – The Rolling Stones appear at the Odeon Cinema in Birmingham during
their second UK tour, with opening acts The Spencer Davis Group, Unit 4
Plus 2, The Checkmates, The Habit, The End, and Charlie Dickins.
1965 – Beach Boy Mike Love marries his second wife, Suzanne Celeste
Belcher. They stay married four years.
1966 – Former R&B cover band The Pink Floyd debuts an entire set of
psychedelic originals at their gig at All Saints Hall in London.
1966 – Grace Slick makes her first stage appearance with Jefferson Airplane
at Fillmore West in San Francisco.
1967 – The second season of The Monkees TV show begins on BBC TV in the UK.
Plans for the shows to be screened in color are dropped, so it airs in
black & white.
1967 – The Who release their single, “I Can See For Miles” b/w “Someone’s
Coming” in the UK. In the U.S., the single’s B-side is an electric version
of “Mary Anne With The Shaky Hand.”
1968 – The Jackson 5 makes their national television debut on The Hollywood
Palace on ABC-TV, performing “I Want You Back.”
1969 – Police in New Jersey issue a warrant for the arrest of Frank Sinatra
in relation to his connections with the Mafia.
1969 – Fred LaBour, entertainment reviewer for the University of Michigan
student newspaper The Michigan Daily, turns his assigned review of the new
Beatles album, Abbey Road, into a satirical piece headlined "McCartney
Dead; New Evidence Brought to Light." In the article, LaBour repeats the
musical "clues" that center around the recent "Paul Is Dead" rumors and
adds several of his own. He also invents the name "William Campbell" as
Paul's replacement. This finally causes the mainstream press to take note
of the phenomenon, and when contacted by other media outlets, LaBour
furthers what he thinks is a joke by validating every rumor within the
rumor.
1969 – The Supremes release their final single to feature Diana Ross,
“Someday We’ll Be Together” b/w “He’s My Sunny Boy.” As with most Supremes
songs, Mary Wilson and Cindy Birdsong do not sing on the A-side, however
both do appear on the single’s B-side.
1971 – Creedence Clearwater Revival leader John Fogerty is sued by Arco
Industries - the current owners of the Specialty Records catalog - for half
a million dollars for allegedly copying several elements of Little
Richard's "Good Golly Miss Molly" for the band's single "Travelin' Band."
Ironically, CCR covered "Good Golly" just the year before. The suit is
later dropped.
1971 – John Lennon and Yoko Ono are the only guests on The Dick Cavett Show.
1972 – Joe Cocker and six members of his band are arrested after a concert
in Adelaide, Australia, when police discover marijuana and heroin in their
hotel rooms. The group is not charged, but is given four hours to leave the
country.
1977 – At the request of the Los Angeles Dodgers, Linda Ronstadt sings the
National Anthem at game three of the World Series against the New York
Yankees.
1988 – Def Leppard becomes the first music act ever to sell seven million
copies of two consecutive albums: 1983’s Pyromania, and its follow-up
Hysteria in 1987.
1989 – Holly Dunn joins the Grand Ole Opry.
1993 – Rolling Stone magazine ranks the video for Peter Gabriel's "
Sledgehammer" as the #1 in video history in the issue’s 100 Top Music Videos
poll.
1996 – Madonna gives birth to her first child, daughter Lourdes.
1997 – 55 years after the film’s premiere, the soundtrack to Casablanca is
finally released.
1998 – Janet Jackson performs at the Baltimore Arena on her Velvet Rope
Tour, with opening act ‘NSync.
2000 – The Beatles’ Anthology book hits #1 on the New York Times bestseller
list.
2003 – Former Temptation Barrington Henderson sues the band and Motown for
wrongful termination and millions of dollars in alleged unpaid royalties.
2004 – Eric Clapton is fined 750 Euros and is suspended from driving in
France after being caught speeding at 134mph in his Porsche 911 Turbo near
Merceuil.
2007 – Rapper T.I. (aka Clifford Harris) is arrested in Atlanta and charged
with collecting machine guns and silencers just hours before he is due to
perform and collect two awards at a BET Hip-Hop gala.
2009 – Paul McCartney is named Songwriter of the Year at the 29th Annual
ASCAP Awards in London.
2010 – Christina Aguilera files for divorce from her husband of five years,
music executive Jordan Bratman.
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